REPEAT; RAPP OUTLASTS 125ers
Tom Ra pp (Bul) took charge of the
125 Pro s an d his overall win was never
in doubt after a brief bout with a slide
o ut in the in itial ro un d while leading .
He picked up th e race in third an d
quickly regained lost ground. J eff
Wright (Puc) p opped into the lead in
ro und two and p opp ed out of it again
after two laps when Car l Cranke (Pen)
too k over until Rap p got by. Bruce
Baron (Pen) battled h is way through the
ranks to take second. as he did in the
first.
Rapp took th e point in the final
round on lap two and won easily. Baron
mo ved up to second and one point o nly
to eventually fin ish fourth. Young Billy
Grossi (DKW) ral1ied with a pair of
fourths in the firs t tw o motos an d '
fin ish ed third in th e finale to take third
o verall behind Baro n. Kevin Henry
(Pen) grabbed fo urth after a fine second
in t he last race.
Cranke was the most impressive rider
in Saturday's Sportsm an program with a
125 Expert win and a second b ehind
Gr eg Robertson in th e 250. Rich Urie
won the 500.
In the A mateur races, Danny Turner
sho wed up with the init ial race for a
new Swedish MCB. He topped the 125
class three times and took second
overall behind Cranke in the co mbined
p ro gram. Danny rode Sunday in t he 125
Pro but got sick a fter the first m o t o and
cal led it a day.
A nother proto- type also showed up
both days. A 12 5-Hodaka. It's r ider ,
Jim No ble, had tro uble with the mud
ho le on Saturday an d couldn't get the
ex perimental m o del going up to par on
Sunday . However , while it was going
good. ma ny spectato rs were imp ressed
with its p o wer . It looks like Hodaka will
de fin it ely have somethin g h ere when the
bugs ar e all work~~_out la ter this ye ar .
S everal riders wer e hu rt ove r th e
two-day sp an . In th e first race of the
Su nday show, Dave Rodgers (Bul) got
off hard w hile leading and is rep orted to
have broken his leg. In the 25 0 Pro .
Greg Hubbs of Nevada City. Nev. went
over and broke both legs. Last report
was that he was undergoing surgery. N o
report as to his co nditio n.
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